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Day 10: Meow Wolf

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    Another North American Road Trip Day 10: Sunday, June 28th   Today we woke at a leisurely pace, had breakfast at the hotel, and I made us up a lunch of PB&Js.  I used a hand broom and dust pan to sweep as much of the Great Dunes out of our vehicle as possible. So. Much. Sand. Everywhere. Ha!     Meanwhile, Bryan and Desmond repacked our things so we could leave.  We checked out of the hotel shortly before our check out time.  We drove to a Target and restocked on fizzy waters and got Bryan a new pair of sunglasses. Also, we found Desmond some new pants of the kind he likes. Which is great, because the new ones I had bought him before the trip had been miss-delivered and so the ones he had were getting pretty tight.    I found some vitamins and face sunscreen to replace what I’d run out of in the last 9 days.  Then we drove across Denver to Meow Wolf. For those that followed along on our 8 week road trip - you may rememb...
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Day 9 - Great Dunes National Park

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    Another North American Road Trip Day 9:  Saturday, June 27th This morning we took our time around camp. We didn’t really have anywhere to be until the Visitor Center opened at 9AM.  The setting of our campsite is quite pretty. There are rolling hills and the dunes out to the side.  When we were at the Visitor’s Center, Desmond asked about sledding down the dunes. We learned that boards and sleds were available to rent just outside the park. So we took a ten minute drive to rent some recreation equipment. 😄 Then we re-entered the park, and headed over to the dunes. I was just happy that the plan wasn’t a hike across the sand. At least not one without a purpose. We lugged the sled, sand board, and a lot of water over to the first dune. Desmond took off his shoes, donned his swim goggles, and sand boarded down the dune.  The wind was whipping the sand in our faces as we hiked back up the dunes and sledded down. We spent about an hour out on the sand. Then...
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Day 8 - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

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    Another North American Road Trip Day 8: Friday, June 26th   We were not in a hurry to get up this morning. By about 7:30    (compared to 5:15 most previous mornings on this trip) we started getting ready for the day. We enjoyed breakfast at the hotel, then packed up and checked out.  We walked across the street for a donut at Doughbird, a shop we remembered fondly from our last trip to Moab. The shop had not been open Wednesday or yesterday, so we were thrilled to get a donut before leaving town. Bryan got a donut make from croissant dough, Desmond picked out a huge strawberry chocolate donut, and I chose a vegan churro donut with chocolate striping. We happily ate our treat as we drove out of town.    Bryan took a little scenic detour through Colorado River area. It was beautiful. The high sides of the deeply colored canyon walls. The lush green around the river where a few rafts floated lazily. As we drove along we dreamed about how cool it ...
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